Possibilities for relapsing fever reemergence

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-374

  Cutler, Sally J ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FRANCE; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMELESSNESS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIVESTOCK; LOUSE; PROBABILITY; REVIEW; TRAVEL;

EID: 33644541129     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1203.050899     Document Type: Review

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